| __Perm has over 30
research and design institutes, among them the Powder
Metallurgy Research Institute and the Vaccine and Serum
Research Institute. |
| __The latter is a leading
scientific institution of the microbiology industry. |
| __The Perm Scientific
Centre of the Urals Department of the Russian Federation
Academy of Scinces is making a valuable conribution to
faster scientific and technological progress. |
| __The Mechanics of
Continua and Organic Chemistry institutes are its main
body. |
| __There are seven higher
educational establishments in our city: Perm University,
Perm Technical University, Perm Medical College and
Agricultural, Pedagogical, the Institute of Arts and
Culture and Phermaceutical institutes. |
| __In addition, we have
three military schools. |
| __In Perm there are 20
specialized secondary-education establishments (10
tachical school and 10 specialized school),some 30
vocational schools and over 120 secondary schools. |
| __The A.M.Gorky State
University of Perm (Perm State University) founded in
1916 is the oldest institution of higher education in the
Urals. |
| __There are 10 facultues
at the University. |
| __Its schools of
hydrologists and geophysicists are well know in the
scientific community. |
| __Perm University has
established cooperation with the University of Oxford. |
| __There links are expected
to be mutually beneficial,especially in the areas of
history, English and Russian languages studies. |
| __Perm Technical
University is the largest higher educational
establishment in our city. |
| __It has a student
capacity of 11,600 with teaching staff of 1,154 out of
which 54 are professors. |
| __Today some 170 Doctors
and 1,900 Candidates (Master) of Sciences work in
Perm,incuding Academician Ye.A. Vagner, the rector of
Perm Midical College,and the designer of aircraft motors
P.A. Solovyov, a Correspondent Member of the Russian
Federation Academy of Sciences. |
| __There are post-graduate schools (courses) at all our establishments of higher education (except the Arts and Culture Instute). |